Last Wednesday, Apple Inc. reported its quarterly results to investors, and though revenues and profits set new company records, the stock sunk nearly 12 percent during trading the next day.
IN THE current political discourse, one subject is often overlooked: America’s prison system. The U.S.
THE BOY Scouts of America are an iconic organization. For generations, young men have learned about leadership, the outdoors and public service by spending their time with the Scouts.
THE LATEST incarnation of the fight against illegal immigration is “self-deportation,” wherein laws make living conditions so intolerable to illegal immigrants that they leave the country of their own accord.
I REMEMBER, in elementary school, learning how to do a “lockdown drill.” I was told, along with my classmates, that when the principal’s voice came over the loudspeaker we would have to sit in the corner, away from the windows and the door.
LAST WEEK, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta announced that the Pentagon would be lifting its ban on women serving in combat.
The University of Virginia may currently reign as Playboy’s number-one party school, but perhaps we have taken our title too seriously.
Earlier this month, Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell spoke at Goochland Middle School about the importance of expanding educational opportunities for students across the commonwealth.
Barack Obama spoke of equality for all in his inaugural address last Monday. He acknowledged the United States’ shortcomings, saying that “while these truths may be self-evident, they’ve never been self-executing.” And he was right.
OPEN HONOR trials are rare things. I read in The Cavalier Daily that there have been only three of them in the past decade.
As the U.S. grapples with mounting gross debt and annual budget deficits, many government departments will inevitably face cuts to their funding.
Throughout the fall semester, there was a spirited debate on the proposed changes to the honor system at the University, which were approved by the Honor Committee and are now dependent on a student vote.
It was with a great deal of interest that I received an e-mail from the University recently about a proposed reform to the honor system.
Recently, members of the law community in New York proposed making the legal reform necessary to allow law students to take the bar exam after two years of law school, rather than the usual three.
Someone sent an email asking why I do what I do the way I do it. The writer made it clear the email was a private communication so I won’t reprint it here.
As some scientists are preparing for the future of mankind by exploring space, fighting climate change or trying to cure disease, one man is taking a much different approach — bringing back an ancient humanlike species.
We as a culture believe that sports is a pillar of the community. Acknowledge the fact that NFL games air on Sunday right after church, and it becomes clear that sports is a kind of secular religion for a consumerist society.
The Virginia State Senate Monday approved Rector Helen Dragas’ reappointment to the Board of Visitors, 29-9.
Bullying — that term we associate with middle school and high school — we have all witnessed it, and perhaps a majority of us have done it.
Martin Luther King Jr. Day has come and gone. We got a Monday off, and some degree of media reference to the civil rights leader, but did we take any lessons away from the holiday?
